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ArmenPress: Two women have been charged with attempting to involve minors in begging

The criminal case under investigation at the Main Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee revealed a number of circumstances of violence against minors and attempts to involve them in begging, causing severe physical pain. The charges were brought against two women. “Armenpress” was informed about this in the department of public relations and information of the RA Investigative Committee.

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NewsArmenia: 46-year-old man accused of forcing a mentally ill person to beg in Yerevan

A 46-year-old man in Armenia arrested on charges of trafficking or exploitation. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee. During the preliminary investigation, it became known that in January-February 2019, a 46-year-old man, having met a woman born in 1973, suffering from a mental illness, forced her to beg on different streets of Yerevan. In addition, he periodically showed violence against her.

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Police of RA: TRAFFICKING․ Thematic reference and investigations

The RA Police once again referred to the problem of trafficking, presenting the peculiarities of the phenomenon and the latest revelations in the sphere. The whole video is below:

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Police of RA: Crime news daily report

According to the operations reports of Police of the Republic of Armenia, 51 cases of crime have been detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from March 4 to March 5, 4 of which were earlier committed crimes.

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The Guardian: Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US

Chocolate companies are among the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by former child workers in Ivory Coast

Eight children who claim they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast have launched legal action against the world’s biggest chocolate companies. They accuse the corporations of aiding and abetting the illegal enslavement of “thousands” of children on cocoa farms in their supply chains.

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Sputnik Armenia: The government of Georgia will start issuing compensation to victims of human trafficking

The provision of a one-time state compensation will be a sufficient condition for granting a person the status of a victim.
Victims of trafficking will receive compensation at a time, regardless of whether a court is being held for damages in accordance with civil procedural legislation.

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Sputnik Armenia: Trafficking organizer sought in Belgium found on Yerevan-Dubai flight

D. Gurdev was found during check-in for the Yerevan-Dubai flight and was detained, and immediately after that he was arrested.

The organizer of the international trafficking, who was wanted by the Belgian authorities, was detained at the Yerevan Zvartnots airport, the police press service reported.

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UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons for 2020

The 2020 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fifth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. It covers 148 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based primarily on trafficking cases detected between 2016 and 2019.

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CNN: The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking

One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in India’s Rajasthan state.

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